Corn-sheller feeder.



No. 829,181. PATENTED AUG. 21, 1906. J. TANNER. coENsEEELEE FEEDER.

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No. 829,181. PATENTED AUG. 21, 1906.

J. TANNER.

.GORN'SHELLER FEEDER.

APPLIOATIONYI'I-LED NOV. 9, 1905.-

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wih mazes UNITED STATES JOHN TANNER, OF NEBRASKA CITY, NEBRASKA.

CORN-SHELLER FEEDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

Application filed November 9, 1905. Serial No. 286,558.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN TANNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Nebraska City, in the county of Otoe and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Sheller Feeders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide improved means by which the work of the scoopers in the corn-crib may be greatly facilitated and their labor in transporting the corn from inaccessible points in the crib to the sheller may be materially reduced.

The invention consists in the provision of one or more extension-feeders for the cornshelling machine, said feeders being provided with means whereby they may be coupled together either in longitudinal alinement to form one long extended feeder or may be placed one at right angles to the other, in this manner the corn being conveyed from out-of-the-way corners in the corn-crib to the shelling mechanism.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view showing one arrangement for my improved extension-feeders. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an end view. Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively side and top plan views of my invention with the extension-feeders aranged end for end, part in Fig. 4 being broken away.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, one of my improved extension-feeders is designated 1, and the other is designated 2. The extensionfeeder 1 comprises a long boX or casing having a floor 3 and side pieces 4, and at each end of the casing is journaled a shaft 5 6, provided with sprocket-wheels connected together by a suitable conveyer 7. The shaft 6 is extended beyond the sides of the casing and is provided at its end with wheels 8, one of which is provided on its periphery with sprocketteeth. Adjacent the shaft 6 are bent stubshaf-ts 9, provided with wheels 10, the peripheries of which have sprocket-teeth and on the inner faces thereof spur-teeth. The shafts 9 are bent at their ends, as shown in the draw- I ings, so as to carry the wheels 10 into mesh with the wheels 8. The spur-gearing or pinion portion of the inside of the wheels 10 meshes with the spur-gearing on the wheel 8, and the sprocket-teeth on the wheels 10 are designed to be in mesh with or be connected to similar wheels 11 on the extension-feeder 2. This latter feeder has at one end a shaft 12, carrying the wheels 11, and said shaft is also provided with sprocket-wheels coacting with sprockets 13 on the other end of the casing to cause the travel of the conveyer 14. The shaft for the sprocket-wheels 13 is eX- tended and is provided with a sprocket wheel 15, which is'connected by any suitable gearing to an operative wheel on the main corn-sheller. Preferably the connection between the wheel 15 and the corn-sheller Wheel is by sprocket-chain. The extensionfeeder 2 is provided at each side with an upright 16 and the extension-feeder 1 is provided on both sides adjacent said end with eyes 17, designed to be received on said uprights, so that the feeder 1 may be secured to the feeder 2 at either the side or end, whichever may be the most convenient in the crib. In order to support the extension-feeder 1, it may be held up by suitable legs 18, pivotally connected to its side, as shown.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings it is evident that no matter how large the crib may be or from what inaccessible points therein it may be desired to convey the corn to the corn-she'ller an adjustment of one extension-feeder upon theother either at the end or side thereof and the connection between the two conveyers by means of the gearing described will result in the construction or provision of a continuous extensiontravel in one direction only or in right angular direction, as may be desired, so that the scoopers work is materially lessened and their output increased and the work of shelling the corn greatly expedited.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is l. Extension-feeders for corn-shelling machines comprising casings each of which is provided with a conveyer, means for operatively connectin the conveyer of one casing to the corn-sheTler, saidcasing being provided with a shaft 12 at one end operatively connected to its conveyer and provided with a sprocket-wheel, the other casing being profeeder of suitable length, which may have a vided with a shaft 6 operatively connected to its conveyer and provided with a Wheel 8 having sprocket-teeth on its periphery and gear-teeth at one side, said latter casing also being provided with a stub-shaft carrying a gear-wheel 10 having gear-teeth meshing with the teeth of the wheel 8 and also having a sprocket periphery, the two casings being adapted to be placed end for end or with the end of one at the side of the other, a sprocketchain being designed to connect the shaft 12 either with the sprocket periphery of the Wheel 8 or the sprocket periphery of the wheel 10, according to the relative positions of the two casings, as and for the purpose set forth. 2. Extension-feeders for corn-shelling machines, comprising boxes or casings, each of which is provided with a conveyer, the conveyer of one casing being arranged for operative connection to the corn-sheller, uprights secured to the side of said casing, the other casing being provided with staples designed for engagement with said uprights, and means for operatively connecting the two conveyers of said casings, with said casings either in longitudinal alinement with each other, or one at right angles to the other.

3. Extension-feeders for corn-shelling machines, comprising two boxes or casings each of which is provided with a conveyer, the conveyer of one casing being arranged for operative connection to the corn-sheller and the conveyer of the other casing being provided with gearing operatively connected with the first-named conveyer, uprights sesaaisi cured to the side of that casing which is de signed to be connected directly to, the cornsheller, and staples secured to the other cas ing and designed for engagement with said uprights.

4. Extension-feeders for corn-shelling Inachines, comprising two casings, each of which is provided with a conveyer, the conveyer of one casing being arranged for operative connection to the corn-sheller, a shaft 12 operatively connected to said conveyer and mounted in its casing, said shaft being provided at each end with a sprocket-wheel, the other casing being provided with a conveyer and a shaft 6 operatively connected thereto, saidshaft being provided at each end with a gearwheel 8 having miter-teeth, and one of said wheels being provided on its periphery with sprocket-teeth, bent stub-shafts 9 mounted on said last-named casing and provided with two wheels 10 each of which is provided with miter-teeth meshing with the teeth of the wheels 8, each wheel 10 being also provided on its periphery with sprocket-teeth, and means for connecting a sprocket-wheel on the shaft 12 with either the sprocket-teeth of one wheel 8 or with the sprocket-teeth of one of the Wheels 10, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN TANNER. [L. 8.]

Witnessesz W. T. SLoAN, W. H. WYLIE. 

